Storm-damaged beach huts to be removed

The huts, along the eastern section at Hordle Cliff, have been badly damaged following a number of storms

Beach huts battered by storms left teetering on the edge of a ledge are set to be removed.

The 31 huts at Hordle Cliff, Milford on Sea are on plots that are no longer viable because they have washed away or have vastly eroded.

Work to remove the huts is due to start on 10 June with the work due to be finished before the end of June.

Paddy's Gap car park will stay open during the work, but beach access will be restricted.

Access to the beach near the Paddy’s Gap car park will be restricted while the work is carried out

New Forest District Council said the beach huts along the eastern section of the beach had "become increasingly vulnerable to erosion and ground movement, particularly since Storm Eunice in February 2022".

The authority said it had terminated some hut licences where beach huts cannot be relocated as there were no available plots elsewhere on the beach.

The work has been funded by beach hut income and will be weather dependant, the council added.